Simon Laurent Nolet (born November 23, 1941) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), most notably for the Philadelphia Flyers , with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 1973-74.
19-740: Nolet started his junior career with the Quebec Citadelles of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and appeared in the Memorial Cup playoffs with them. In 1963-64 he scored 68 goals in 68 games with the Windsor, Nova Scotia Maple Leafs and helped them reach the Allan Cup Eastern semi-finals; he also scored ten goals in the playoffs. After sitting out most of the following season, he joined
38-644: A new logo. The change recognized the league's expansion into the Maritime provinces , whose teams had been a part of the QMJHL for almost 30 years. This is a list of Canadian Hockey League career and single season records accomplished by QMJHL players. Current teams are shown in blue. Gold stars denote Gilles-Courteau Trophy (League championship) winners. This is a complete list of team histories since 1969. 1991–1994; 2008–2011 The Memorial Cup has been captured fifteen times by ten different QMJHL teams since
57-751: A scout in the Flyers' organization. Quebec Citadelles The Quebec Citadelles (French: Citadelles de Québec ) were a Minor ice hockey team in the American Hockey League . They played in Quebec City, Quebec , Canada at the Colisée Pepsi . The name refers to the Citadelle of Quebec , a landmark fortification in that city since the late 17th century. The Citadelles were a minor-league feeder team that developed players for
76-544: Is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Officially the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League until 2023, the league includes teams in Quebec and the Maritime provinces of Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , and Prince Edward Island . The Gilles-Courteau Trophy is the championship trophy of the league. The QMJHL champion then goes on to compete in
95-742: The Atlantic Canada region along with a surge in players coming out of the New England area: the QMJHL has territorial rights to draft and recruit players from New England as part of an agreement where players from the United States can be drafted by the CHL league that is in a similar geographic area. In December 2023, the QMJHL changed its name to the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League and released
114-766: The Granby Prédateurs , the Hull Olympiques , Halifax Mooseheads , Rouyn-Noranda Huskies , Rimouski Océanic , and the Acadie-Bathurst Titan each winning once, the Quebec Remparts winning three times(once in their first edition 1969–1985, and twice in their second edition 1997–present) and the Cornwall Royals winning three times. Starting in 1994, the QMJHL began to expand further east, outside of Quebec. The "Q" filled
133-713: The Memorial Cup against the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and Western Hockey League (WHL) champions, and the CHL host team. The QMJHL had traditionally adopted a rapid and offensive style of hockey. Former QMJHL players hold many of the Canadian Hockey League's career and single season offensive records . Hockey Hall of Fame alumni of the QMJHL include Mario Lemieux , Guy Lafleur , Ray Bourque , Pat LaFontaine , Mike Bossy , Denis Savard , Michel Goulet , Luc Robitaille , and goaltenders Patrick Roy and Martin Brodeur . The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
152-527: The NHL 's Montreal Canadiens organization. This AHL team was established in 1999 to much fanfare, and played with good fan support (and some success) for three seasons, before being relocated and merged into the Hamilton Bulldogs . One of the team's most striking features was its choice of a mascot and emblem . The team's sweaters were emblazoned with an iconically depicted goat's head, representing
171-510: The Quebec Junior Hockey League during the 1920s through the 1960s, developing such notable players as Jean Beliveau , Camille Henry , and Jacques Plante . It was also notable for having the first two Newfoundland trained players to play Major Junior hockey. Quebec Major Junior Hockey League The Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League ( QMJHL ; French : Ligue de hockey junior Maritimes Québec , LHJMQ )
190-692: The Sherbrooke Castors , for whom he scored 21 goals in 15 games to lead them to the Allan Cup . Immediately after that, Nolet signed with the Quebec Aces of the American Hockey League , and scored two goals and an assist in his professional debut. He starred with the Aces for most of the next five seasons; in 1967-68 he led the league in scoring with 44 goals and 52 assists for 96 points, and scored 15 points in ten playoff games, and he helped
209-568: The goat mascot of the Royal 22 Régiment (The Van Doos) stationed in the Citadel of Quebec . By tradition, this goat is always named 'Batisse'. The regiment's goat is a descendant of one presented to the unit by Queen Elizabeth II in 1955 (which, in turn, was the descendant of a goat given to Queen Victoria from the Shah of Iran in 1844). Affiliates An early incarnation of the team played in
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#1732793679676228-520: The Aces reach the Calder Cup finals that season and the following season as well. The Philadelphia Flyers , who joined the NHL in 1967-68, purchased the Aces and the rights to its players, and Nolet made his NHL debut that season. He was a firm fixture by 1969–70 , when he scored 22 goals in 56 games after his permanent promotion from Quebec. He showed strength in two-way play and penalty killing, and
247-657: The MMJHL. The eight teams from the QJHL were the Drummondville Rangers , Quebec Remparts , Saint-Jérôme Alouettes , Shawinigan Bruins , Sherbrooke Castors , Sorel Éperviers , Trois-Rivières Ducs and the Verdun Maple Leafs . Most of the teams were within a few hours' drive of Montreal . From the first season in 1969–70, only Shawinigan remains in the same city with an uninterrupted history, although
266-742: The team and players into the QMJHL, renaming themselves the Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge in the process. The OHA then reactivated the suspended franchise for the 1973–74 season in Kingston, Ontario , under new ownership and with new players, calling the team the Kingston Canadians . QMJHL teams have won the Memorial Cup twelve times since 1969, with the Shawinigan Cataractes , Saint John Sea Dogs ,
285-802: The team's name has changed to the Cataractes . In 1972 the QMJHL had been in operation for three years, and wanted a team in the province's largest city. It threatened a lawsuit to force the Montreal Junior Canadiens of the Ontario Hockey Association into the Quebec-based league. Over the summer of 1972, the OHA granted the Junior Habs a "one-year suspension" of operations, while team ownership transferred
304-543: The void in Atlantic Canada after the exodus of American Hockey League franchises, when the AHL had a strong presence in the 1980s and 1990s; all of the Maritime Division cities save for Bathurst, New Brunswick are former homes of AHL franchises. To date, Fredericton, New Brunswick is the lone former AHL market that has not established a QMJHL franchise. In recent seasons, the QMJHL has been scouting players from
323-722: Was dealt to the Pittsburgh Penguins , but was reacquired by the team in the 1976 offseason after it had moved to Denver and become the Colorado Rockies . He was named team captain again, and retired after the 1976–77 NHL season . After his playing days, Nolet worked as a scout for the Quebec Nordiques of the World Hockey Association , and later served as an assistant coach for the club from 1982 to 1987. He later became and remains
342-701: Was founded in 1969 , through the merger of the best teams from the existing Quebec Junior Hockey League and the Metropolitan Montreal Junior Hockey League , declaring themselves a "major junior" league. Of the original eleven QMJHL teams, eight came from the QJHL, two from the MMJHL, and the Cornwall Royals , from Cornwall, Ontario , near the Quebec border, who transferred from the Central Junior A Hockey League . The Rosemont National and Laval Saints transferred from
361-538: Was known for his blazing speed and heavy slapshot. He earned a place in the All-Star Game in 1971–72 . Left exposed in the 1974 NHL Expansion Draft , Nolet was selected fifth overall by the Kansas City Scouts , and was named the team's first captain. He led a weak squad in scoring that first season and was Kansas City's sole representative in the All-Star Game. Halfway through the next year, he
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